Omri Ben-Shahar

I am a law professor at the University of Chicago and a global expert on contract law and consumer market regulation. I am the co-author of a recent book titled More Than You Wanted to Know, which documents the...

I am a law professor at the University of Chicago and a global expert on contract law and consumer market regulation. I am the co-author of a recent book titled More Than You Wanted to Know, which documents the failure of disclosure laws. I also teach food regulation, trademark law, and economics. I have doctoral degrees in economics and in law from Harvard University. Follow me on twitter @omribenshahar

California now requires coffee shops to post warnings that coffee is carcinogenic. Such endless unnecessary warnings pose a greater public health risk than the microscopic amount of chemicals found in coffee beans.